RepRapTech's Therminator Hot End Reaches Kickstarter Goal

With fifty four days remaining, RepRapTech's Therminator 5 has reached its Kickstarter funding goal of $2,000. The Therminator 5 is a RepRap hot end, the portion of the printer that heats the filament, where the extrusion nozzle attaches.

The unit's design is the result of RepRapTech's experiences printing with other hot ends they felt did not meet their needs for more demanding print jobs. The Therminator 5 is intended to be a new and better option in RepRap hot ends, offering dependability for bigger and faster prints. It works with 1.75 and 3 mm ABS and PLA, and .35 and .5 mm nozzles.

A fully assembled unit will carry a $995.95 price tag once made available in the retail channel, but a pledge of $80 will secure it now via Kickstarter. Tony May, President of RepRapTech, intends to post the full design with drawings and assembly steps on RepRap.org for public use at the end of the project.